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This 4 page report discusses the nature of individual identity in Woolf's 1931 novel "The Waves" and how each of the six main characters in the exist individually and as part of their group. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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their personal identity within the context of the overall story Woolf is putting before her readers. Most often, it is the individual identities of those characters that most strongly define
the interactions and outcomes of the larger work. In her 1931 novel, The Waves, this is particularly evident in the relationship that exists between the characters but especially in terms
of how each of the unique identities involved serve as some measure or reflection and extension of each of the other characters identities. It is one of the reasons the
book must be read carefully and patiently in order to clearly identify who is who and which character brings which particular attribute to the collective consciousness that is the singular
but six-headed group that is "Bernard-Susan-Jinny-Neville-Rhoda-Louis." It is the identity of each that defines the group but it is also the group itself that provides its members with a unique
identity. The moments of greatest cohesiveness are also the moments of greatest clarity. The title of The Waves perfectly suits the book since it is about the flow of human
life and interaction with others and the ways that the fluid edges of individual identity allow for the constant ebb and surge that takes individual characteristics far from their origin
but then allows them to flow back. At the same time, that identity fuses into what must be thought of as the "oneness" of humanity. Same Tone
The similarity of the characters is often disconcerting. They seem to exist or resonate in the same tone. They even communicate in the same tone. All the
nuances of the word "tone" apply since the colors, the shading, the sound, even the frequency of that sound occurs within a certain range. The end result is that the
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